Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the sky breaks apart
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
Itha alssamao infatarat
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
And when the stars fall, scattering,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the seas are erupted
وإذا البحار فجرت
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And the sepulchres are overturned,
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
No! But you deny the Recompense.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Noble and recording;
كراما كاتبين
Kiraman katibeena
Generous and recording,
They know whatever you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
Who know (all) that ye do.
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
يصلونها يوم الدين
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
And never therefrom will they be absent.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And will not be absent thence.
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allah.
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.